[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] opensm/osm_switch.c: In osm_switch_delete, set priv to NULL

[Sasha Khapyorsky]

On 12:41 Mon 27 Jul     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> 
> The intent of the patch is to cause a NULL ptr fault rather than using
> memory not currently owned. The latter can have unpredictable results.

This could be nice for debugging, but the case itself is illegal and
should not happen in a main stream (unless there are bugs which should
be fixed).

BTW LASH checks this pointer for NULL in several places, so this patch
will effectively hide a potential bugs.

Sasha